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K 12490 (P399878)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 12490 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399878 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
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| obverse 5 | If ditto, the'strength' and'strength' are present: my ill-wishers will die. |
| obverse 7 | ......... |
| reverse 12' | ... |
| obverse 10 | If... |
| obverse 11 | If... |
| obverse 12 | If... |
| obverse 8 | If... |
| obverse 9 | If... |
| reverse 10' | If... |
| reverse 11' | If... |
| reverse 2' | If... |
| reverse 3' | If... |
| reverse 4' | If... |
| reverse 5' | If... |
| reverse 6' | If... |
| reverse 7' | If... |
| reverse 8' | If... |
| reverse 9' | If... |
| obverse 2 | If the face of the 'finger' is swollen: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 3 | If the front of the 'path' is split above the 'finger.' |
| obverse 1 | If the face of the 'finger' is covered in a 'weapon'-mark: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 4 | The 'increment' is thick. The lower part is elevated. |
| obverse 6 | ...... |
| reverse 13' | If the face of.... |
| reverse 14' | If the face of.... |
| reverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 15' | If an anomaly... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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